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Being called a "world freedom fighter" by the mayor is a nice way to be greeted when you land in Philly. Meriam Ibrahim Tehya Ishag, the woman who came perilously close to being hanged in Sudan for renouncing Islam, marrying a Christian, and converting to Christianity, arrived in the City of Brotherly Love yesterday with her American husband and two children in tow, reports AFP. From there, they went on to New Hampshire, where husband Daniel Wani has family.

Ishag had been released, rearrested, then released again, and took refuge in the US embassy with her family after death threats started pouring in. Before her flight to the US, Ishag met up with the pope in Rome and "learned how to live again," she said, including doing some sightseeing and shopping.

I cannot seriously believe that her difficulties are behind her. There are fanatical "Islamistics" still IN Sudan who STILL want to see to it that she is tracked down and executed as an enemy of Islam; these nut-job wackadoodles will even dare to sneak into the United States and assassinate her, given half the chance!

sandrae

Aug 1, 2014 4:43 PM CDT

It is so amazing how dark experiences can turn 360 degrees! God works in his own mysterious ways. [Do not use Him for the sake of illogical religious indifferences.] World attention was needed for this injustice.